Tripling of aged care workforce by 2050 a challenging transition12/05/2021|6min
Aged and Community Services Australia CEO Patricia Sparrow has spoken with Sky News about the challenges of tripling the aged care workforce by 2050.
Over the next five years the aged care system will undergo a major overhaul in a bid to reform the system with a $17.7 billion spending increase.
The package includes $6.5 billion to provide 80,000 new homecare packages and the Morrison government is also committing to mandate the time staff spend with aged care residents.
Ms Sparrow noted the increased hours staff will be required to spend with patients will help address and reform the quality of care in the system.
Aged care reform trades additional funds for more transparency12/05/2021|4min
Aged and Community Services Australia CEO Patricia Sparrow has praised the new transparency measures introduced by the Morrison government in exchange for an extra $10 per day per patient.
Over the next five years the aged care sector will undergo a major overhaul in a bid to reform the system with a $17.7 billion spending increase.
Ms Sparrow said, “for that $10 per day per resident, providers will have to report how that’s funded”.
“We’ll have a new star rating system.
“The concerns that people have had around transparency will be addressed in a number of measures that were introduced last night.”
The CEO of Aged and Community Services Australia (ACSA) has urged the Morrison government to address wages in the aged care workforce.
Over the next five years the aged care system will undergo a major overhaul in a bid to reform the system with a $17.7 billion spending increase.
The ACSA CEO Patricia Sparrow noted wages had not been addressed by the Coalition in the budget but were another area in aged care in need of reform.
“We do obviously need to address wages in aged care," she said.
"Our staff do remarkable work. They’re undervalued and underpaid. Last night’s budget didn’t have particular measures around that."
Budget needs to see greater investment in older Australians 30/04/2021|5min
The nation’s aged care industry is relying on a funding boost in the upcoming federal budget after key areas needing additional support were identified in a 15-point-plan handed down after the Royal Commission.
Aged and Community Services Australia CEO Patricia Sparrow told Sky News they hoped to see greater investment in the aged sector in the budget.
She pointed out the Royal Commission had underlined “there is not enough investment in older Australians in this country”.
“We want to see a fundamental overhaul of the system and so one of the things we’ll be looking for on budget night is to see that there is going to be fundamental reform, that there is a plan that outlines what the reform is going to look like, what the time frames are,” she said.
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